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‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry (insideevs.com)

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Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have "far superior" technology, lower costs and great quality.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago (4 children)

“Huawei and Xiaomi are in every car,” Farley said, referring to two of China’s tech giants. “You get in, you don’t have to pair your phone. Automatically, your whole digital life is mirrored in the car. You have an AI companion that you can talk to … All the automatic payment is already there. You can buy movie tickets. It has facial recognition so it knows who’s in which seat and which media you like.”

It’s hard to express just how much I don’t want that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

And how inconfortable it makes that other people think this is desirable, especially people in positions of power.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Same. It's impossible to communicate without screaming, and maybe lighting my clothes on fire.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Help. I'm convulsing.